Best of Rio 2016 Summer Olympics: Table Tennis(29 images)

The most popular racket sport in the world, table tennis has been an Olympic event since being introduced at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.

Multiple exposure of Bastian Steger of Germany serving during the Men's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match against South Korea in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 1, 2016. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa lines up a return during a match against Singapore's Tianwei Feng in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Timo Boll of Germany in action against Saehyuk Joo of South Korea in the Men's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Germany won the bronze medal 3-1 defeating South Korea. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Members of the German team celebrate after defeating South Korea in the Men's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Germany won the bronze medal 3-1 defeating South Korea. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa reacts during a match against Singapore's Tianwei Feng in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Germany during play against South Korea in the Men's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Germany won the bronze medal 3-1. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Youngsik Jeoung of South Korea serves in the Men's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match against Germany in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

ChinaÕs Ning Ding (L) watches teammate Shiwen Liu serve against Germany during doubles play in the Women's Team Table Tennis gold medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. China defeated Germany in three matches to win the gold. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Slow motion view of the bronze medal match between Bastian Steger of Germany and Youngsik Jeoung of South Korea during the Men's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match against South Korea in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Koki Niwa of Japan in action against Ma Long of China in the Men's Team Table Tennis gold medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa lines up a serve during a match against Singapore's Tianwei Feng in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

GermanyÕs Ying Han lines up a serve in the Women's Team Table Tennis gold medal match against ChinaÕs Xiaoxia Li in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

China's Ma Long celebrates in the final moments of his gold medal match against China's Zhang Jike in the Men's Singles Table Tennis final round 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 11, 2016. Long went on to win gold for his second straight Olympic champion title. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

Japan's Ai Fukuhara hits the ball towards a Singapore player during doubles play in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Japan's Mima Ito (L) and Ai Fukuhara prepare for a serve from Singapore during doubles play in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa reacts during a match against Singapore's Tianwei Feng in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Singapore's Mengyu Yu serves the ball against Japan in the Women's Team Table Tennis bronze medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 16, 2016. Japan clinched the bronze in four matches. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo

Koki Niwa of Japan looks on after missing a crucial point against Ma Long of China in the Men's Team Table Tennis gold medal match in Riocentro Pavilion 3 at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 17, 2016. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo